Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9634 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

finish'dfinished

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it: 254 times in 165 works
Consistency: 88.1% (254 of 288)
Reach if approved: ~303 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: finished
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 288 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (254 changes in 165 works, 88.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 254)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Their works are finiſh'dfinished, they have run their race,
With rule
Their works are finiſh'dfinished, they have run their race,
Hercules Collins · Counsel for the Living Occasioned from the Dead · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
'Twas almost finish'dfinished e're we saw't begun.
With rule
'Twas almost finish'dfinished e're we saw't begun.
Clement Ellis · An Elegy on the Death of George Pitt · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… add to it; that is not his Will, becauſe it is not compleat, or finiſh'dfinished, nor publiſh'd for his Will, but is deferr'd or delayed till the Alteration or …
With rule
… add to it; that is not his Will, becauſe it is not compleat, or finiſh'dfinished, nor publiſh'd for his Will, but is deferr'd or delayed till the Alteration or …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſubjection, may become a caſtaway, and till he hath fought his good fight, and finiſh'dfinished his courſe, and conſtantly kept the faith, we never find him confident of receiving …
With rule
… ſubjection, may become a caſtaway, and till he hath fought his good fight, and finiſh'dfinished his courſe, and conſtantly kept the faith, we never find him confident of receiving …
Henry Hammond · A Pacific Discourse of Gods Grace · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Son should give eternal life to those he hath given him. 2. Ver. 4. I have finish'dfinished the work. 3. Ver. 6, 8. And often after, their faith, their believing and keeping the word …
With rule
… Son should give eternal life to those he hath given him. 2. Ver. 4. I have finish'dfinished the work. 3. Ver. 6, 8. And often after, their faith, their believing and keeping the word …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 451 · Open in the reader
Printed
… World, address'd himself to his Father, I have glorified thee on Earth, I have finish'dfinished the Work thou gavest me to do. And now, Father, glorify me with thy …
With rule
… World, address'd himself to his Father, I have glorified thee on Earth, I have finish'dfinished the Work thou gavest me to do. And now, Father, glorify me with thy …
William Bates · The Four Last Things · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. And as ſoon as John had finiſh'dfinished his Miniſtry of Repentance, to ſhew it was not only the Meſſage of the …
With rule
… for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. And as ſoon as John had finiſh'dfinished his Miniſtry of Repentance, to ſhew it was not only the Meſſage of the …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… done his work, no weakness nor decay appeared in him; when that time is finish'dfinished, no strength can prolong him. Elias must not be weary of his life, till …
With rule
… done his work, no weakness nor decay appeared in him; when that time is finish'dfinished, no strength can prolong him. Elias must not be weary of his life, till …
Ralph Brownrig · Twenty-Five Sermons · p. 94 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (34)

22 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 are listed here. 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer A27600

Printed
… the New Heaven and the New Earth); and wherein the Myſtery of God is Finiſh'dFinished, cannot be left out of that Prayer, which the Great Pr… phet, High Priest …
With rule
… the New Heaven and the New Earth); and wherein the Myſtery of God is Finiſh'dFinished, cannot be left out of that Prayer, which the Great Pr… phet, High Priest …
Thomas Beverley · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 17 · Open in the reader

The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 A27613

Printed
… the firſt 75 years of the ſeventh Trumpet, the Myſtery of his Kingdom ſhould be Finiſh'dFinished, and it ſhould Appear.
With rule
… the firſt 75 years of the ſeventh Trumpet, the Myſtery of his Kingdom ſhould be Finiſh'dFinished, and it ſhould Appear.
Thomas Beverley · The Kingdom of Jesus Christ Entering at 1697 · Open in the reader

A Complete and Compendious Church History A52804

Printed
… he kept ſecure by Gods good Providence, till he had Fulfill'd his Miniſtry, and Finiſh'dFinished the Work his Father gave him to do, Living to the Age of Sixty …
With rule
… he kept ſecure by Gods good Providence, till he had Fulfill'd his Miniſtry, and Finiſh'dFinished the Work his Father gave him to do, Living to the Age of Sixty …
Christopher Ness · A Complete and Compendious Church History · p. 463 · Open in the reader

Latin Epigrams Englished A53744

Printed
Finish'dFinished (oh Grief) thine Earthly Pilgrimage:
With rule
Finish'dFinished (oh Grief) thine Earthly Pilgrimage:
John Owen · Latin Epigrams Englished · p. 117 · Open in the reader

The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God A61474

Printed
I have thus Finish'dFinished the First Image, in which man lives before his Conversion; The Image of Nature.
With rule
I have thus Finish'dFinished the First Image, in which man lives before his Conversion; The Image of Nature.
Peter Sterry · The Rise Race and Royalty of the Kingdom of God · p. 9 · Open in the reader

A Wakening Call A66477

Printed
… in order to receive the Heavenly-Creature New-Covenant Gospel-Life of the Creator. Finish'dFinished they were, by the Mediator himself, as the Lamb slain in the Fountain-purity …
With rule
… in order to receive the Heavenly-Creature New-Covenant Gospel-Life of the Creator. Finish'dFinished they were, by the Mediator himself, as the Lamb slain in the Fountain-purity …
George Sikes · A Wakening Call · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Prophetical History of the Reformation A69569

Printed
… when Great Moments of it have been Fulfill'd, till the Mystery come to be Finish'dFinished; I am sensible also by the Apologetic Discourse concerning this Commission; There are Those …
With rule
… when Great Moments of it have been Fulfill'd, till the Mystery come to be Finish'dFinished; I am sensible also by the Apologetic Discourse concerning this Commission; There are Those …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · Open in the reader
Printed
… Seventh Angell, when He shall Begin to Sound, The Mistery of God shall be Finish'dFinished, as He hath Gospelliz'd by his Servants the Prophets; which Type as I have …
With rule
… Seventh Angell, when He shall Begin to Sound, The Mistery of God shall be Finish'dFinished, as He hath Gospelliz'd by his Servants the Prophets; which Type as I have …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a Time, and in the Accomplishing to scatter, All these wonders shall be Finish'dFinished.
With rule
… of a Time, and in the Accomplishing to scatter, All these wonders shall be Finish'dFinished.
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and all the while, He is sounding, the Mystery should be in Finishing, till Finish'dFinished in the Kingdom in Glory.
With rule
… and all the while, He is sounding, the Mystery should be in Finishing, till Finish'dFinished in the Kingdom in Glory.
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expir'd; when his Witne…es shall Ascend and the Mystery shall be so far Finish'dFinished, that his Kingdom shall be in its succession, and effectively Finishing all to the …
With rule
… expir'd; when his Witne…es shall Ascend and the Mystery shall be so far Finish'dFinished, that his Kingdom shall be in its succession, and effectively Finishing all to the …
Thomas Beverley · The Prophetical History of the Reformation · p. 33 · Open in the reader

A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come A76490

Printed
… Things, the World to come, the New Heaven, the New Earth, is not yet Finiſh'dFinished, and Perfected; ſeeing, as I have, I hope, fully made out; All Miracles are …
With rule
… Things, the World to come, the New Heaven, the New Earth, is not yet Finiſh'dFinished, and Perfected; ſeeing, as I have, I hope, fully made out; All Miracles are …
Thomas Beverley · A Discourse Upon the Powers of the World to Come · p. 65 · Open in the reader

Journal of a Voyage from Gibraltar to Georgia N03643

Printed
Finiſh'dFinished my Expoſition on the Creed, in the great Cabin, and did my other Duty …
With rule
Finiſh'dFinished my Expoſition on the Creed, in the great Cabin, and did my other Duty …
George Whitefield · Journal of a Voyage from Gibraltar to Georgia · p. 21 · Open in the reader